Private for-profit · Community college

Fosters Cosmetology College

Ripley, Mississippi · Remote rural

#4 graduation rate in Mississippi

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Transfer rate: $18,334
Avg net price: 91%
Grad / completion: —
Median earnings

Fosters Cosmetology College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Ripley, Mississippi (remote rural setting), enrolling 23 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 23 undergradsRemote ruralCold winters

About Ripley, Mississippi

Ripley is a city in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States. The Ripley Historic District in central Ripley is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Remote rural
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 68 miles to Memphis, TN
To the ocean: 283 miles
Nearest airport: 35 miles to Tupelo (TUP)

How Fosters Cosmetology College compares

Graduation rate91%

Higher than 91% · #4 of 33 in Mississippi

First-year retention85%

Higher than 73%

Average net price$18,334

Cheaper than 38% · #27 cheapest of 34 in Mississippi

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment23

Larger than 4%

Percentiles compare Fosters Cosmetology College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Mississippi.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women939%
Men1461%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White8.7%
Black78%
Hispanic13%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 23
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 80%
First-generation students: 44%
Students over 25: 14%
Median family income: $10,922

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $18,334

Outcomes

Graduated: 91%
First-year retention: 85%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $23,011
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 63%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $100

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$18,028

$30–48k

$20,170

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Fosters Cosmetology College funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Campus climate

Summer high: 90°F
Winter low: 29°F
Annual rain: 57.6″
Annual snow: 1.6″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ripley, MS US station (1.2 mi from campus).

What Fosters Cosmetology College graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

24 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.